Match Facts
Intro
World Champion Viswanathan Anand defends his title against Vladimir Kramnik in a 12 game match (rapid and blitz tie-breaks if the match finishes 6-6) in Bonn, Germany, October 14th– 2nd November, 2008. The main sponsor is Evonik Industries AG and the prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro.
Official Website: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/
Players
Viswanathan Anand
- Born December 11th 1969
- FIDE World Champion 2000-2002
- Unified Champion 2007-present after winning the World Championship Tournament in Mexico City
- Seconds: Peter Heine Nielsen, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Vladimir Kramnik
- Born June 25th 1975
- Classical World Champion after beating Gary Kasparov in 2000
- Unified Champion 2006-2007. Unified the title by beating Veselin Topalov in Elista 2006. Lost the title to Anand the following year.
- Seconds: Peter Leko, Sergei Rublevsky, Laurent Fressinet
Live Coverage
- Here at The Week in Chess
- Official Broadcaster: Foidos pay per view with live video and commentary
- Chesscube
- ICC
- Playchess
When?
Dates for the match Oct 14th - 2nd Nov 2008.
Play starts 2pm UK time.
- Gm1: Oct 14th
- Gm2: Oct 15th
- Gm3: Oct 17th
- Gm4: Oct 18th
- Gm5: Oct 20th
- Gm6: Oct 21st
- Gm7: Oct 23rd
- Gm8: Oct 24th
- Gm9: Oct 26th
- Gm10: Oct 27th
- Gm11: Oct 29th
- Gm12: Oct 31st
- Tiebreak: Nov 2nd
Booking tickets for the match
Advanced booking for the World Chess Championship 2008 between Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) has started. The tickets are available at the price of 35 Euro per day. The following benefits are included:
- entrance to the playing hall
- entrance to the commentary room with analysis by prominent grandmasters.
